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Biotechnology Application Areas

Biotechnology has applications in health, agriculture, food, environment and energy.

What are the three critical biotech research areas centered on?

Best catalyst, optimal conditions and downstream processing.

Cue	Source-backed recall
Applications	Biopharmaceuticals, therapeutics, diagnostics, genetically modified crops, processed food, bioremediation, waste treatment and energy production
Research area 1	Providing best catalyst as improved organism, usually microbe or enzyme
Research area 2	Creating optimal conditions through engineering for catalyst to act
Research area 3	Downstream processing technologies to purify protein/organic compound